[QUOTE=PeteBooth]
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Also, if you go strictly by this wording you are going to have a "can of worms" on your hand.
Pete Booth
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The complete rule is:
USSSA Rule 8.04D: Whenever a tag play is evident, runners must slide, go aroundor seek to avoid contact with the fielder and/or catcher.
My interpretation and the way it should be explained to coaches is that a runner has three choices:
1)
Slide
2)
Go around
3)
Seek to avoid contact
It's not a runner "must slide" every time.